| Tamar gas field | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tamar gas field offshore Egypt | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Location | Levant basin Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
| Block | Matan licence |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 33°04′42″N 33°57′05″E / 33.07833°N 33.95139°E |
| Operator | Chevron |
| Partners | Isramco (28.75%) Chevron (25%) Tamar Petroleum (16.75%) Aaron Frenkel (14.5%) Mubadala Investment (11%) Dor Gas Exploration (4%) |
| Service contractors | Aker Solutions |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | January 2009 |
| Start of production | 30 March 2013[1] |
| Production | |
| Current production of gas | 1,100×106 cu ft/d (31×106 m3/d) 10.3×109 m3/a (360×109 cu ft/a) |
| Year of current production of gas | 2018 |
| Recoverable gas | 307×109 m3 (10.8×1012 cu ft) |
| Producing formations | Tamar sands |
The Tamar gas field is a natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. The field is located in Israel's exclusive economic zone, roughly 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Alexandria in waters 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) deep. The Tamar field is considered to have proven reserves of 200 billion cubic metres (7.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas, while the adjoining Tamar South field has 23 billion cubic metres (810 billion cubic feet). Together, they may have an additional 84 BCM of "probable" reserves and up to 49 BCM of "possible" reserves (reserves having a 10% probability of extraction).[2][3][4] At the time of discovery, Tamar was the largest find of gas or oil in the Levant basin of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the largest discovery by Noble Energy. Since Tamar's discovery, large gas discoveries have been made in other analogous geological formations dating back to the Oligocene–Miocene epoch in the Levant basin.[5] Because Tamar was the first such discovery, these gas containing presalt formations have become collectively known as Tamar sands.
- ^ Solomon, Shoshanna; Ackerman, Gwen (30 March 2013). "Israel Begins Gas Production at Tamar Field in Boost to Economy". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Haifa Gas Discovery Bumped to 5 Trillion Cubic Feet Archived 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Oil In Israel, 10 February 2009
- ^ "Tamar Reserves Update". Isramco Negev 2, LP. 1 February 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Tamar offshore field promises even more gas than expected". Haaretz. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ Needham, Daniel L.; Pettingill, Henry S.; Christensen, Christopher J.; Ffrench, Jonathan; Karcz, Zvi (Kul) (2017). "The Tamar Giant Gas Field: Opening the Subsalt Miocene Gas Play in the Levant Basin". Giant Fields of the Decade 2000–2010. doi:10.1306/13572009M1133688. ISBN 9780891813934.